interdict
Other forms: interdicted; interdicts; interdicting
Interdict means to forbid, to nix, to veto. If your parents find out you're planning a party for a time when they're away , they will interdict it.
If your principal has interdicted gum-chewing at school, he might set up a few random check points, interdicting gum-chewing students with detentions and a command to instantly spit out their offensive, long-lasting candy. To interdict, pope-style, is to in essence excommunicate, or prohibit a person or especially a place from the functions and privileges of the church.
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an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
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a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activitysynonyms: interdictiontype of:court ordera writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
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